Flowerpot



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FLOWERPOT Filed Dec. 15, 1927 Patented st. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE scrum: FREEBURG, 0F} orncneo, iLLINOIS FLoWEnro'r Application filed December 15, 1927; Serial No. 240,197.

. plant, and is therefore more readily absorbed,

at the same time eliminating the humidityof the surface of'the soil in the pot and prevent ing anyliability of spilling oroverliow.

A. further object of the invention is to provide aflower pot of this character wherein the bottom of the earth supporting pot is spaced above the actual support whereby the air will have free access to the pot bottom when the water in the pot hasbeen absorbed or evaporated.

2o Another object of the invention is the provision in shower pot of a material which will not react in any way, even in the presence of moisture, with the soil in which the flower v is planted, thereby simulating as closely as possible actual outdoor growth conditions.

Other and further important objects of the invention will be apparent from the dirclosures in the accompanying drawings and following specification. Y

The invention, in a preferred form, is illus trated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described. I

' ,Inthe drawings:

V Figure 1 is a side elevation of the impmvod a3 flower pot of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View of the same. v Figure 3 is a top plan view of the pot showing the interior construction.

- Figure 4 is a bottom view of the pot showing particularly the support. As shown in the drawings:

The reference numeral 10 indicates generally a flower pot construction which may be of any desired shape or size, but which is preferably somewhat cylindricahas shown,

and provided with an upper rim or the hire 12 integral with the material of the pot. An

' vannular shoulder 142 is formed eXteriorly of the pot approximately two-fifths of the 5 height thereof, and below this shoulder the pot is preferably formed in a semi-spherical shape as best shown at 16 in Figure 2. A plurality of openings 18 are formed in the lower end of this semispherical bottom which will allow of the ready entrance of water and air to the'interior of the pot and to the soil containe d therein.- l

g A supportingface 20 is provided for the upper. portion 10 of the pot, this supporting face comprising essentially a removable ceptacle forwater or the-like preferably cyllIlClIl CiLlln shape and formed with suitable legsorsupports 22. The upper edge of this receptacle 20 ls provided withan annular run 24: which has depressions 26 formed therein as shown in Figure 1, and it will be noted that the diameter'of thc'upper edge of the receptacle 20 is slightly"greaterthan the outer diameter of the corresponding upper edge of the semispherica-l portion of the member 10. In this manner,'a space is provided "for the ingress and egress of air whereby proper ventilation of the interior of the pot is assured. p w The material, of which the entire deviceis composed, is preferably a phenol condensation product which, being impervious to Water and acids,forms an absolutely neutral body so far as the earth or the soil,in which the growing plant is imbedded, is concerned, and which even in the presence of water will not react in any way with'thc constituents of v I the soil, thereby eliminating the deleterious effects which have heretofore often been noticed in potted plants. Further, the fact that water maybe placed inthe receptacle 20 and then allowed to penetrate to the interior of the pot through the openings 18 eliminates the disagreeable features which have heretofore been considered necessary evils in the maintenance of potted plants. Further, proper ventilation of the interior of the pot and of the roots of the plant is assured after the water has subsided below the lowermost point of thesemispherical portion 16 of the pot 10 while at the same time the evaporation of the water continues to supply moisture to the roots of the plant.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction varied 7 throughout a Wide range without departing,

from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than as necessitated by the prior art.

s V I claim as my invention:

1. A flower pot composed of a phenol condensation product, and comprising anupper and a lower portion, the upper portion comprislng a cylindrical container, a semispherical base integrally formed with said'cylindrical container, and a lower cylindrical receptacle for the reception of said semispherical portion provided with openings for the entrance of water thereto from the lower receptacle, the upperedgeof the lower-receptacle being formed with depressions to allow the ventilation of the spaces between the upper and lower receptacles.

2. A'fiower pot comprising an upper and a lower portion, the upper portion comprising a cylindrical container, a 'semispherical base integrally forined with said cylindrical container, and a lower cylindricalreceptjacle forthe reception of said seinispherical portion provided with openings for'the entrance of water theretofrom'the lower receptacle,-

the upper edge of the lower receptacle being 7 formed with depressionsto allow the ventilalowerreceptacles; and an annular shoulder tion of the spaces between-the upper and formed on the upper receptacle'at the line 7. of juncture of the receptacles.

' 8. A flowerpot comprising an upper and V a lower portion,-the upper portion comprising a cylindrical container, a semispherical base integrally formed with said cylindrical container, and a lower cylindrical receptacle 7 for the reception of said semisphericalpor-r tion provided with openingsfor the entrance ofwater thereto frornfthe lower "receptacle, the upper edge offthe lower receptacle being formed with depressions to allow the ventilationfof thespace betweenthe upper and lower receptacles, and an annularshoulder formedon the upper receptacle at the line of juncture of the receptacles, the exterior diam V eterof the shoulder being greater than the interior diaineterof the upper edge of the lower receptacle.

In testimony whereof I-aifiX signature,

STURE FREEBURG;- 7 

